Carroll, M. (2026). "House in Insula 30 in Augusta Raurica." Gardens of the Roman Empire, accessed October 2, 2026. https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/1f1d6e587e/

House in Insula 30 in Augusta Raurica

Contributor: June Dorsch
Published: 2026-10-01
Last modified: 2026-10-02

Dates

200 CE

Garden Description

Insula 30 in Augusta Raurica, east of the central baths, was taken up by a single house built around 200 CE. This house replaced several earlier structures on the site. The insula, including the street colonnades, had an overall area of ca. 48 x 60 meters.

The house had a peristyle courtyard of rectangular shape which was surrounded on three sides by a low wall supporting stone columns. The courtyard was unpaved and almost certainly planted (G in Fig. 1). Entering the house from the east, one passed through a vestibule before arriving in the peristyle corridor around the courtyard. The courtyard wall, enclosing an area 14 x 23.50 meters in size, was fronted by a water channel. There was a well in the north. From the triclinium to the west of the courtyard, one had a view directly into the courtyard.

Plans

Fig. 1: Plan of a house in Insula 30 with a garden courtyard (G).
Credit: Plan adapted from Laur-Belart 1988, fig. 126.

Bibliography

  • R. Laur-Belart, Führer durch Augusta Raurica, 5th Ed., Basel, 1988, pp. 134-136, fig. 126. (worldcat)
  • M. Carroll, Romans, Celts and Germans. The German Provinces of Rome, Stroud, 2001, p. 55, fig. 20. (worldcat)

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